The Fairy Healer is a valuable member of the rath, for she wears a dress of Usnea, an antibiotic and anti-fungal lichen. When members of the Troop get sick in the winter, they make teas from her dress. Her bodice is made from layers of birch bark and her corsage is a hydrangea flower.
Summer is the busy time for The Wee Folk. They are gathering and hunting in preparation for the Summer Solstice and sometimes in the midst of their activities, they get hurt with scrapes, cuts, and burns. The Fairy Healer is the nurse of the Troop. She is the herbalist, the medicine fae. Her dress is made from Usnea, a lichen, which is antimicrobial, antibacterial, vulnerary, and antifungal. A close up shows a sash made from lichen and fungi, which also contain medicinal benefits. Her birch bodice is stitched up the back with moss green thread. There she is...only 3 inches high, sitting in a tree, hanging by a bejeweled fiddlehead hanger.
This fairy, found in the Tanglewood troop, is a valuable member of the rath, for she wears a dress of Usnea, an antibiotic and antifungal lichen. As the troop's Hunters and Gathers prepare for the autumn Equinox, The Fairy Healer is on stand by with the little cuts and injuries they receive in a day's work. She uses her powers for pain relief, fever control and and wound healing. She's not only wise, but beautiful, with her bodice tinged with the last green of summer and adorned with purple wildflowers.
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